dashcam
noun
dash·cam
ˈdash-ˌkam 
variants
or less commonly dash cam
or dashboard camera
plural dashcams also dash cams or dashboard cameras
: a video camera mounted usually on the dashboard of a vehicle and used to continuously record activity through the vehicle's windshield
Typically, police dashcams are used to gather evidence during traffic stops.—
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Janissa DelzoThe fight took place on the right side of the police car, out of view from the dash cam.—Nathalie Baptiste
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Another particularly harrowing video, filmed from a dashcam, captures a van worker’s perspective as flames erupt in front of the vehicle, prompting them to flee.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Dramatic dashcam footage taken by an employee from the same business, shared by CNN, showed another angle of the plane dragging on the ground, seemingly on its right side, leaving a trail of fire behind it.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
The crash, which was caught on dashcam video, left at least three people dead and several others injured.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
The post consisted of two dashcam images of a distraught 12-year-old who, desperate to heal her sick puppy, got behind the wheel for the first time and tried to drive to the vet.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Dramatic dashcam footage taken by an employee from the same business, shared by CNN, showed another angle of the plane dragging on the ground, seemingly on its right side, leaving a trail of fire behind it.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
The crash, which was caught on dashcam video, left at least three people dead and several others injured.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
The post consisted of two dashcam images of a distraught 12-year-old who, desperate to heal her sick puppy, got behind the wheel for the first time and tried to drive to the vet.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Dashcam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dashcam. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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dashcam
noun
dash·cam
ˈdash-ˌkam
variants
also dash cam
or dashboard camera
plural dashcams also dash cams or dashboard cameras
: a video camera mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle and used to continuously record information
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